Folding stool.



G. A. BUPFINGTON- FOLDING STOOLl APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2s, 1908.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

Un/vento gjyiw@ man,

FFICE CALVIN A. BUFFINGTON, OF BERKSHIRE, NEW YORK.

FOLDING STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 28, 1908.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 445,788.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that l, CALVIN A. BUFFING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berkshire, in the county oi Tioga and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Folding Stools, oi' which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in auxiliary seats used in carriages or other vehicles.

The object oi the invention is to provide a novel construction oi' seat to be used for a third person on a carriage seat which will accommodate but two.

A :further object is to provide a device ol' the class described which will be cheap, simple in construction and which will occupy small space when iolded.

The invention consists of a pair of plates having U-shaped members pivoted thereto and serving as legs, and a similar pair of U- shaped members pivoted to said plates and serving as supports Vfor the fabric seat bottom.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view ol' the stool in open position. YFig. 2 is an end elevation ol the stool, and, Fig. 3 is a side View of the stool in Jfolded position.

In the drawings 1 are two plates provided with two pairs of apertures 2 and 2', arranged near the upper and lower ends oi said plate. Braces 3 and 3/ have the cross pieces 4 and the arms 5 extending therefrom at right angles thereto. The ends ol' the arms 5 are bent at right angles to l'orm lugs 6 and 7. These braces 3 and 3 are four in number, the lugs 6 of braces 3 entering apertures 'from the inner faces of the plates 1 and the lugs 7 entering diagonally opposite openings from the outsides ol' the plates. The lugs 6 and 7 ex tend through the apertures and project beyond the faces oi' the plates. l/Vhen the braces 3 and 3 are extended in open position the arms 5 will lie against the projecting lugs carriage seat and be partly supported by the Y two occupants of said seat. A third person will occupy the auxiliary seat and will be el evated only a few inches above the others.

The device may be used as a camp stool, the plates being made oi' different lengths to provide stools oil diierent heights.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An auxiliary seat consisting oi plates, having a pair oi' apertures near one end thereof, a second pair of apertures near the opposite end thereof, a pair of braces having lugs entering said first-named apertures, and a second pair oi braces entering said second named apertures, and a flexible seat-bottom.

2.. An auxiliary seat consisting oi' a pair ol' plates having two sets of apertures, two sets ol'l braces having arms provided with lugs, the lugs of one set of braces entering one set oi' apertures vfrom opposite sides, and the other set ol' braces entering the other set oi apertures from opposite sides.

3. An auxiliary seat consisting oi' a pair oi plates having two sets of apertures, two sets oil braces having arms provided with lugs, the lugs ol one set of braces entering one set of apertures from opposite sides, and the other set of braces entering the other set of apertures l'rom opposite sides, each of said lugs acting as a stop for the arm of the adjacent brace.

In testimony whereof l ailix my signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

CALVIN A. BUFFINGTON.

Witnesses:

FRED G. BENTON, CHARLES T. BENTON. 

